diff --git a/cmd/xfe/src/Splash.cpp b/cmd/xfe/src/Splash.cpp
index 6d1e8b0638b..a3783b613dd 100644
--- a/cmd/xfe/src/Splash.cpp
+++ b/cmd/xfe/src/Splash.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ XFE_Splash::XFE_Splash(Widget toplevel)
 
   fe_InitColormap (m_context);
 
-  PREF_AlterSplashIcon(&Splash);
+  //PREF_AlterSplashIcon(&Splash);
 
   fe_NewMakeIcon(m_shell,
 		 BlackPixelOfScreen(XtScreen(m_shell)), //XXX hack... doesn't really matter though.
diff --git a/modules/libpref/public/prefapi.h b/modules/libpref/public/prefapi.h
index 63d6c6506e7..fa8f24d0be4 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/public/prefapi.h
+++ b/modules/libpref/public/prefapi.h
@@ -382,10 +382,8 @@ PR_EXTERN(int) PREF_UnregisterCallback( const char* domain,
 PR_EXTERN(XP_Bool) PREF_IsAutoAdminEnabled();
 
 #ifdef XP_UNIX
-struct fe_icon_data;
 typedef void* XmStringPtr;
 typedef void* KeySymPtr;
-PR_EXTERN(void) PREF_AlterSplashIcon(struct fe_icon_data*);
 PR_EXTERN(XP_Bool) PREF_GetLabelAndMnemonic(char*, char**, XmStringPtr xmstring, KeySymPtr keysym);
 PR_EXTERN(XP_Bool) PREF_GetUrl(char*, char**);
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/libpref/src/Makefile b/modules/libpref/src/Makefile
index faa371b0023..1ba0d2727a0 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/src/Makefile
+++ b/modules/libpref/src/Makefile
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ DEFINES += -DNSPR20
 VPATH += init/ unix/
 
 # this comes after rules.mk because rules.mk blows it away
-INCLUDES	+= -I$(DEPTH)/cmd/xfe/icons -Iunix
+INCLUDES	+= -Iunix
 
 $(LIBRARY): $(OBJS)
 
diff --git a/modules/libpref/src/Makefile.in b/modules/libpref/src/Makefile.in
index 73d7e4b194d..5dde6fd531d 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/libpref/src/Makefile.in
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 VPATH += $(srcdir)/init $(srcdir)/unix
 
 # this comes after rules.mk because rules.mk blows it away
-INCLUDES	+= -I$(topsrcdir)/cmd/xfe/icons -I$(srcdir)/unix -I./unix
+INCLUDES	+= -I$(srcdir)/unix -I./unix
 
 $(LIBRARY): $(OBJS)
 
diff --git a/modules/libpref/src/unix/unixpref.c b/modules/libpref/src/unix/unixpref.c
index ad364a250c4..8cde1ca1301 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/src/unix/unixpref.c
+++ b/modules/libpref/src/unix/unixpref.c
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
 #include "xpassert.h"
 #include "fe_proto.h"
 
-extern PRLibrary* pref_LoadAutoAdminLib(void);
-extern PRLibrary* m_AutoAdminLib;
-
-#include "icondata.h"
-
-static struct fe_icon_type* splash_screen = NULL;
-
 
 /*
  * pref_InitInitialObjects
@@ -71,27 +64,6 @@ pref_InitInitialObjects(void)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * PREF_AlterSplashIcon
- */
-void
-PREF_AlterSplashIcon(struct fe_icon_data* icon)
-{
-    assert(icon);
-
-    if ( PREF_IsAutoAdminEnabled() && 
-         icon && 
-         (splash_screen = (struct fe_icon_type*)
-#ifndef NSPR20
-          PR_FindSymbol("_POLARIS_SplashPro", m_AutoAdminLib)) != NULL ) {
-#else
-          PR_FindSymbol(m_AutoAdminLib, "_POLARIS_SplashPro")) != NULL ) {
-#endif
-
-        memcpy(icon, splash_screen, sizeof(*icon));
-    }
-}
-
 /*
  * PREF_GetLabelAndMnemonic
  */